The coat of arms of "Commune Libre d'Ouchy" (free city of Ouchy). The flag is
the same pattern.

Ouchy is a part of Lausanne at the edge of Lake of
Geneva. This "free city" is not officially recognized and has a symbolic value.
Ouchy was during the Middle Ages for the secondary residence of the Bishop of
Lausanne. The inhabitants immortalize the tradition and their specificities since
these times.ND, 4 October 2005

When I was in Lausanne, I saw these arms in several places, and wondered what
the status was, so thanks for informing me. I didn't see the flag flying
anywhere - do you know of any examples of its use?Jonathan Dixon, 5
October 2005

The status of the coat of arms of Ouchy is purely informal. There is no
official status and it is used by the "Pirates d'Ouchy". This corporation works
like an brotherhood. They want an independent city of Ouchy. Of course, this is
not a serious request. This is only for the fun and everybody, Lausanne-People
and Ouchy-People, finish to drink too lot of white wine.

More seriously,
the inhabitants of Lausanne has a lot of difficulties to recognize their own
flag because it is not flying often. We might believe that the authorities don't
like their flag or are not proud of it! If the Lausanne-People are not able to
recognise their own flag, you can imagine they are not likely to know much about
the flag of "Ville Libre d'Ouchy".ND, 5 October 2005

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) was founded in
1853 as "École Spéciale de Lausanne", a private institute modelled on the
"École Centrale de Paris". With classes in chemistry, physics, mathematics,
drawing, architecture and engineering, the institute mostly aimed at training
civil engineers. In 1869, the institute became the "Faculté technique" of the
Lausanne Academy. The Academy was transformed in 1890 in the Lausanne
University, the faculty being renamed "École d'Ingénieurs"; the same year,
classes in electrical engineering were inaugurated. In 1903, fifty years
after its foundation, the institute had 24 professors and 132 students. In
1946, the institute was renamed "École polytechnique de l'Université de
Lausanne" (EPUL). In 1953, celebrating its centenary, the institute had 45
professors and some 500 students. Following the adoption on 9 October 1968 by
the Federal Council of the Law on the Federal Polytechnical Schools, the
institute took its present name, "École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne"
(EPFL). The new campus of
Écublens-Dorigny was inaugurated in 1978, the
transfer of the whole institute to the site being completed in 2001. EPFL was
restructured the next year, the Departments being replaced by Faculties and
Colleges. In 2010, 7,762 students were registered at EPFL, including 25% of Ph.D students and 3 % of post-doc students. The proportions of women among
the students increased from 12 % in 1982 to 27 % in 2010. EPFL employs 263
professors and 1337 administrative and technical staff members. The
proportion of women among professors increased from 1.3% in 1994 to 10.7% in
2010.http://information.epfl.ch - EPFL website